Maine
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6.3K6Moxie, The Path to the Good Life
President Calvin Coolidge celebrated his inauguration with a cold Moxie. Boston Red Sox great Ted Williams was a spokesman for it. Deer Isle author E. B. White wrote, “Moxie...
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5.1K5Isaac Stephenson, Bullwhacker on the Aroostook
Nothing Isaac Stephenson ever accomplished gave him as much pure pleasure as breaking in three yoke of green oxen and hauling the...
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12.1K17John Steinbeck Gets Lost in the Magic of Deer Isle, Maine (And Gets Lost, Too)
Of all the places John Steinbeck visited during his famous road trip across America, the island of Deer Isle stood out as...
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5.0K4Mainer John Ford Makes Westerns (and The Quiet Man)
John Ford earned acclaim for movies filmed in landscapes that were vast, severe and rugged, like his personality. He also directed films...
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17.2K5The Great New England Earthquake of 1663
The Great New England Earthquake of 1663 collapsed walls and frightened colonists from Quebec City to New York, but Puritan ministers and...
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38.1K5Andrew Wyeth’s First Date With Christina Olson and Her World
Andrew Wyeth met his future wife and Christina Olson, the subject of his most famous painting, on the same day – his 22nd...
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